The line erupted about 8:30 a.m. Friday near the intersection of county roads 20 and O, about six miles north of Fremont. The Fremont Tribune says no damage to any structures has been reported.

Firefighters from four departments were waiting nearby for workers to turn off the gas flow. The flames towered dozens of feet into the sky, and the heat kept firefighters from getting close enough to see what caused the blast.

“My house shook, windows were rattling and I got up, looked out the window and all I could see is flames,” said Marcia Johnson. “We just ran out of the house because we have natural gas off the main line and it comes to our house, so we were a little concerned.”

The rural Dodge County fire burned for hours, yet there are still no answers as to why it happened.

“This will take some time, and then following that we'll do a post-incident investigation to determine the cause,” said Mike Loeffler, Northern Natural Gas Company spokesperson.

Back in Omaha, the Metropolitan Utilities District said it is watching its gas line.

“We have 2,700 miles of distribution main,” said Greg Woster, field service supervisor.

Woster said those lines are mostly residential, but he said sometimes you can see a gas leak.

“In the summer you can tell if you've got a gas leak by vegetation, sometimes it dies in the ground,” he said.

For the leaks you can’t see or smell, there are MUD trucks driving through neighborhoods measuring air-methane levels. Woster said high methane readings help catch gas leaks before they happen.

(house shook, windows were rattling and I got up, looked out the window and all I could see is flames) A NATURAL GAS LINE EXPLODES...SPARKING THIS BALL OF FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD.. FLAMES CONTINUED -- OUT OF THE GROUND, FOR HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL EXPLOSION GOOD EVENING I'M JEREMY MASKEL AND I'M MELISSA FRY. THE NATURAL GAS LINE áRUPTURED AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING NORTHWEST OF FREMONT. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KYLE GRAVLIN HAS MORE. (Marcia Johnson: It was very, very scary ...not gonna lie!) MARCIA JOHNSON WAS GOING ABOUT HER DAY IN QUIET, RURAL DODGE COUNTY WHEN JUST BEFORE 8:30 THIS MORNING... (Marcia: House shook, windows were rattling and I got up, looked out the window and all I could see is flames.) A NATURAL GAS LINE RUPTURE LED TO THIS....TOWERING SMOKE AND FLAMES. ALL OF IT HAPPENING IN THE CORN FIELD ADJACENT TO JOHNSON'S HOME. (Marcia: We just ran out of the house because we have natural gas off the main line and it comes to our house...so we were a little concerned.) NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CREWS RESPONDED SWIFTLY TO CLOSE OFF THE LINE.(Loeffler: We have isolated the line...the gas that's inside between the blocked valves is burning out ...there's no threat to the public.) BUT THE REMAINING GAS TAKES TIME TO BURN OFF ...SO THIS FLAME AND LOUD NOISE PERSISTED THROUGH THE MORNING.(Rhonda: Just a really loud, loud jet sound.)(KG: It's no longer the towering inferno it was earlier this morning, but still a steady flame coming where this gas line broke...crews will remain on scene until it's completely out...of course on a breezy day...it's very dry around here...there is an elevated threat of wildfires.) IN ALL...FOUR DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE NEAR COUNTY ROADS "O" AND 19...BETWEEN FREMONT AND HOOPER. BUT THANKFULLY...NO REPORTED DAMAGE...OR INJURIES. KYLE GRAVLIN, KETV NW7. MIKE LOEFFLER(LEFF-LURR) WITH NORTHERN NATURAL GAS TELLS US ONCE THE FIRE IS COMPLELEY OUT- CREWS WILL GO IN TO INVESTIGATE...AND

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